Tag: Supergirl in the Multiverse

It’s been about 18 months since I started the Supergirl in the Multiverse project and I have no intention of stopping. So far I’ve touched on 75 separate Supergirls and while some of the universes have since shown more than one Supergirl per universe, this week is the first time I’m revisiting the same Supergirl that I’ve already covered. Earth-24 is home to the Bombshells who I covered more thoroughly in the initial post for this Supergirl, but in short the WWII era universe is protected by a handful of female super heroes that have become know to the public as the Bombshells.

The reason for this Supergirl to make a return trip is because of my coverage of canonically queer Supergirls as part of all the June 2026 Supergirl in the Multiverse entries. Kara Starikov never specifically identifies her sexuality but it is certainly sapphic leaning with her prominent relationship with this universe’s Lois Lane. Eloisa “Lois” Lane first shows up in Bombshells Chapter 37 (collected as issue 13) where she would have a handful of adventures until she would eventually track down Hugo Strange and his Super Weapons where she would meet Supergirl in Chapter 87 (collected as issue 29) and their attraction becomes immediately noticable. The later chapters of Bombshells would show Kara’s Kryptonian mother, Faora Hu-Ul, coming to prominence as a fiend and eventually turning into the monster Doomsday before being overpowered and imprisoned in the Swamp Thing. After this brutal battle, Kara and Lois seemed to grow closer and in Bombshells United Chapter 33 we can see the confirmation of their relationship when they kiss before Supergirl goes off to fight parademons and whatnot. This chapter also shows Kara with a shorter haircut which I used as inspiration for this Supergirl in the Multiverse drawing.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Bombshells Supergirl is floating and waving with her scarf billowing behind her. There are flower fields in front of and around her and a blue sky with a rainbow in the background. There is a motif of Supergirl’s S symbol with a 24 on it in the top right corner.

As we continue on in the 2026 Pride Month coverage on Supergirl in the Multiverse, we take another look at the gender-swap universe of Earth-11. We did take a look at Eath-11 quite a while ago when covering Superlad as part of my initial dive into the Multiverse. With that entry, I went into the history of the universe but this time I’ll instead look at the most recent iteration of the universe. The team that would eventually become known as Teen Justice would be introduced in DC’s Very Merry Multiverse special where they faced off against Starrla and would then go on to star in a miniseries called Multiversity: Teen Justice with the young heroes working together against Sister Blood and HIVE. Teen Justice is the Earth-11 version of the Teen Titans or Young Justice and has members including Kid Quick, Aquagirl, Donald Troy, Klarienne, Robin, and Supergirl.

Supergirl, as presented in Teen Justice, is Laurel Kent the daughter of Superwoman and the Earth-11 counterpart to Lois Lane (Probably Lewis Lane if I had to guess). As such she is obviously meant to be the Earth-11 counterpart to Jon Kent, further confirmed by her friendship with her universe’s Robin Talia Kane. Her name seems to come from the Pre-Crisis Laurel Kent who was a Legionnaire and 30th century descendant of Superman before she was later retconned into being Laurel Gand, Andromeda, a Daxamite and relative of Mon-El. I will say, in terms of the canonically queer Supergirls I am stretching just a touch. My reasoning here is that the Earth-0 Jon Kent is canonically bisexual so it is reasonable to assume that his Earth-11 counterpart would have a similar identity.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Laurel Kent Supergirl is sat on the roof of the Daily Planet building drinking a shake that is pink, blue, and purple colored with a smile on her face. Laurel’s scarf is billowing in the wind. An expansive cityscape is spread out across the background. A motif of Supergirl’s S symbol with an 11 on it is in the top right corner.

We have so far in the series covered a couple other Earth-0 entries so I won’t go too far into what this universe is. Earth-0 is the main universe of the DC Multiverse and has at various points been called Earth-1, New-Earth, Earth-Prime, and Earth-0 but in short its what most of the comics published every week take place in. This entry is the start to another theme month like we did for Black History Month earlier in the month. For June we’re celebrating Pride Month by looking at 5 canonically queer Supergirls throughout the Multiverse.

Our first Supergirl for Pride Month comes in the form of Natasha Irons, Steel. Natasha first appeared as John Henry Irons’ niece in his own title with Steel #1 in 1994. She is the super genius and would go on to become a hero in her own right as Steel in the storyline Supergirls told through a few issues of Action Comics. Natasha also had a brief stint as a meta-human under the Everyman Project using code-names Starlight and Vaporlock mostly during the events of 52 and Infinity Inc. (vol. 2). Her meta abilities have since been swept under the rug. In regards to Natasha’s sexuality, her pre-Flashpoint appearances, she was for the most part written as heterosexual having a few romances. It was in the New-52/Rebirth eras where she began appearing as a queer hero and is generally, at this point, seen as a lesbian. Her on-again-off-again relationship with Traci 13 is her most prominent relationship and from what I could tell that relationship first showed up in the pages of Superwoman, although the pair did meet for the first time (along with Cir-El) in the aforementioned Supergirls story.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Natasha Irons, as Steel, is shown casually floating in the air. She has a hammer draped across her shoulders and is flashing a peace sign with her right hand. Her boots are blasting rocket boosters. The background shows clouds in orange and purple and a motif of Steel’s logo is in the top right with a 0 on top of it.

To check out the rest of the series, check out the Supergirl in the Multiverse page on the site.

Over the past few weeks I’ve been covering DC Super Hero Girls across its different versions. As I’ve done so, I’ve broken the different versions into different decimal values after the Earth-96 designation. This week is a continuation of the Earth-96.2 because it exists in the same universe as the g2 version of Supergirl as opposed to the 3 versions of Supergirl that we’ve seen so far. To get a look at all the Super Hero Girls Supergirls (as well as dozens of other Supergirls) check out the full Supergirl in the Multiverse list. To breifly re-cap the g2 specific version of Super Hero Girls, this version of the team had a Cartoon Network show which showed a collection of young heroes attending Metropolis High School by day, and suiting up to fight crime by night.

This version of Power Girl differs slightly from what we would normally think of as Power Girl, but fans of that character would probably get a kick out of how she’s portrayed in the 30th episode of the show titled, “Power Surge”. In the opening scene of the episode, Supergirl is facing off against Livewire, and after an amount of property damage, Supergirl is blasted by her foe and presumed dead. Kara, with the Super Hero Girls help, decides to use her presumed death as a clean slate and take up a new heroic identity of Power Girl. Power Girl is seen by the public as a great hero while Supergirl had only been seen as Superman’s sidekick and generally more nuisance than benefit. Early after Power Girl’s debut, she meets with Superman and tells him that she is exactly like Supergirl but from another universe called Earth-2. This is probably my favorite episode of SHG and I like the idea of Power Girl being an evolution of Supergirl sort of like a Robin to Nightwing situation, although I do generally prefer Supergirl to just be Supergirl.

As with all of my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. The Super Hero Girls version of Power Girl is shown ripping through a large metal door while bullets bounce off her. This is done as an homage to the cover of Power Girl #1 (1988) by Kerry Gammill and Dick Giordano. The top right corner has a motif of Power Girl’s symbol with a 96.2 on it.

As I’ve mentioned in the past couple posts, Earth-96 is the official designation for DC Super Hero Girls. However, since the 2 versions are so drastically different and cannot reasonably co-exist in the same space, I have refered to each as 96.1 and 96.2 for gen 1 and gen 2 respectively (as well as 96.0 for Super Best Friends Forever). Super Hero Girls g2 was a similar brand with a wide range of products including toys, movies, comics, and shorts, but in addition to all this, g2 also had a full fledged Cartoon Network show that ran for 2 seasons as well as a video game for the Nintendo Switch. While g1 had the girls attending Super Hero High and learning to become super heroes, g2 has the girls attending a regular high school (Metropolis High) while being heroes in their free time. This change allowed for the cast to be split into heroes and villains and allowed for secret identity shenanigans like Barbara and Harleen being friends but Batgirl and Harley being enemies. Having a full show as opposed to just shorts also allowed for the cast to have more varied personalities and character depth.

Supergirl specifically, is rebellious and tomboyish. Another benefit of having 11 minutes per episode, is that all the characters had both hero costumes as well as civilian outfits. Supergirl’s fit is fairly standard, although with 3/4 sleeves as opposed to full length similar to the Super Best Friends Forever costume. Her civilian clothes help sell her personality, with a leather jacket, boots, ripped jeans, and a severely cracked phone screen. G2, as opposed to g1, did have Supergirl in the main cast from the start, and also had Kara adopted by Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers, probably to have synergy with the Supergirl show airing concurrently when this show was on the air.

As with all my Supergirl in the Multiverse posts, this is my own artwork. Kara “Supergirl” Danvers is sat in a booth seat with her left foot propped up on the table. She is holding a coffee mug in one hand and looking at the cracked phone in her other hand. On the table is a cupcake and a tabletop sign that reads “Sweet Justice”. Through the windows in the background can be seen a sprawling cityscape. The top right corner has Supergirl’s S symbol with a 96.2 on top of it.